Graham Alexander laments 'sucker punch' Hibs first-half goal as Motherwell boss reflects on draw

The visitors fell behind in the first half to an excellent goal from Kevin Nisbet but fought back in the second period with ex-Hearts striker Tony Watt equalising through another impressive effort.

Motherwell had several chances to take the lead prior to the opener and, even though Hibs passed up a couple of excellent opportunities near the end, Alexander thought his side were well worth a share of the spoils.

"I would have felt aggrieved if we had gone away with nothing, I think in the first half we had some brilliant chances and we should have been in the lead at half-time instead of a goal down. But we didn't want to feel sorry for ourselves and make it a bad luck story today, we had to go and make it happen in the second half.

"It was a deserved equaliser, it was the least we deserved today, but we know we were up against a good team, with a lot of support, and I felt the players handled that really well.

"You've got to put the ball in the back of the net. Unfortunately we got done by a sucker-punch for their goal. It gave them extra confidence. I thought it helped them grow into the game.

"Half-time came, they started the second half quite well, but we got that goal that we needed, wanted and deserved, and I thought it was a bit end to end after that.”

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